The History Of The Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society [five volumes]

Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Some fraying and tears and chips to cloth along joints and at ends of spines. Volume One with 25mm chips and tear at head of spine, with paper tape repair. Boards rubbed. Complete. A good working set. ; Five volume set. 528; 534, [2 (blank)]; 483, [1 (blank); 533, [3 (blank)]; 638, [2 (blank)] pages. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. First three volumes published 1921, volume four 1922, volume five 1924. Page dimensions: 220mm x 142mm. Volume One: Part I - Formation and Development of the Society - Introduction - Missionary Character of the Methodist Revival; Beginnings of the Society; The Framing of the Society; After the Napoleonic War; The Mission House; The Missionary Jubilee; The Waning Century; Missions on their Trial; Administration of the Field; Ebb and Flow of the Income; The Birth of American Methodism; The Work of Francis Asbury; Beginnings in Newfoundland; In Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; The Maritime Provinces to 1855; The Planting of Methodism in Canada; Lower Canada under the British Conference; Stormy Advance in Upper Canada, 1820-1840; The Gospel among the Red Men; Canadian Reunion and Consolidation; Index. Volume Two: Introduction; Britain's Slave Colonies; Thomas Coke's Work in theWest Indies; The Struggle in Jamaica (1) The Town; The Struggle in Jamaica (2) The Country; The Leeward Islands until Emancipation; The Windward and Neighbouring Islands prior to Emancipation; The Bahamas, Bermudas, and Haiti prior to Emancipation; The Continental Missions prior to Emancipation; Emancipation and After; The Prospect Overcast; The Cloudy and Dark Day; The Pre-Conference Period (a); The Pre-Conference Period (b); The West Indian Conferences; The Two Dissident Districts; Events in Haiti. Volume Three: Part I - Australia - The First Planting in New South Wales; Relapse and Recovery in New South Wales; Early Days in Tasmania; Gold and the Gospel in Victoria; South and Western Australia; Advance, Australia!; The Aborigines; Part II - New Zealand - The Story of Wesleydale; Replanting Amongst the Maoris; English and Maori; Part Three - Islands of the South Seas - First Attempts upon Tonga; The Pentecost of Tonga; The Tongan Church after 1834; Two Societies in Samoa; The Cannibal Islands; Hunt, Calvert, and Lyth; The Victory of Christ in Fiji. Volume Four - Part I - The Women's Auxiliary - The Birth of the Women's Auxiliary; The Growth of the Women's Auxiliary; Part II - Missions in West Africa - Siera Leone; The Gambia District; The Gold Coast; The Lagos District; Part III South Africa, the Transvaal, and Rhodesia - South Africa - The Trek of the Church; The Outspan; The City that hath Foundations; The Transvaal - Treasure Hid in a Field; The Proof of Faith More Precious than Gold; The Foolishness of the Preaching; The Power of God, and the Wisdom of God; Part IV - Missions in Europe - The Earlier Missions; The Iberian Peninsula; France and Switzerland; Germany and Austria; Italy; Volume Five - Part I - Methodist Missions in Ceylon - The Tamil District - North Ceylon; The Sinhalese District - South Ceylon; Supplement: The Indigenous Ministry of Ceylon; Part II - Methodist Missions in India - The Historical Background; The Weapons of Our Warfare; The First Advance; Parables of the Kingdom of God; Mass Movements; Supplement: The Indian Church of the Future; Part III - Methodist Missions in China - Prolegomena; Canton: A Barred Entrance; Wuchang: Love's Embassy; Hunan: The Barriers Down At Last; Medical Missionary Work in China; Missionary Educational Work in China; The Laymen's Mission; Supplement: The Church of Christ in China in the Light of To-day; Chronological Table of Events; Index; Corrigenda in Preceding Volumes. [NB: no additional postage other than our usual book rate will be required on this heavy 3.35kg set.] ; 8vo

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Publisher: The Epworth Press

Year: (1921-1924)

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

First Edition

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